Category: Newsletter
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Swap Meet 2024
Photos from the swap meet at Coonskin on Saturday, February 24, are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xWxmxspHPzgna5tg8
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Rockets Away!
We had a visit from members of the Winfield High School Rocketry Club and their teacher, Mrs. Abbott, this afternoon. This is shaping up to become a regular event at Hillbilly Field.
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FRIA Update and Upcoming Swap Meet
Our FRIA application for Ridenour Lake has been approved and Ridenour is now listed on the AMA website as an approved site! A big Thank you to Mike Spencer for handling the FRIA process for both of our flying locations. Let’s all give a big thank you to Chuck Harper for spearheading the process to…
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December 2023 – January 2024
Dinner & December Meeting The FHRCC Christmas Dinner was held on December 16th with 16 members and guests in attendance. Service at the Italian Grille was strikingly slow, but the food was great once it arrived, and the fellowship in the interim was top notch. Ballots for the club’s 2024 officers were collected, and it…
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November Meeting
A meeting was held November 11, 2023, at the Putnam County Library. Affiliate members Adam Ketchem and Barry Doss from the Mountaineer RC Club were present. Mike Eden read the treasurer’s report, which indicates that we have $1,602.71 in the bank. (Dues for 2024 are due by January 1.) FHRCC currently has 29 paid members,…
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William A. Blake 1945-2023
We are deeply saddened to report the October 7th passing of FHRCC member, Bill Blake. Bill was a tremendous asset to the club, and a great friend to all of us. There will be a memorial service held at 12:00 noon on Thursday October 12th at The Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veteran’s Cemetery in…
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Night Fly
FHRCC had a well-attended BBQ dinner and night-fly on Saturday, October 7, 2023. (Little did we know, this was to be a preview of the upcoming frozen fingers fly-in…)
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FAA Spokesman Defines “Discretion”
In this video, Kevin Morris of the FAA explains what it means when the FAA says they’ll exercise “discretion” when enforcing Remote ID between now and March. Long story short, he says that we’re expected to try to comply. The example he gives as a case where the FAA might not take enforcement action is…
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Remote ID Enforcement Date Extended
The FAA has issued a policy statement regarding the Remote ID rule (14 CFR Part 89). Remote ID will still go into effect on September 16, 2023, but the FAA states that until March 16, 2024, they will “consider all circumstances, in particular, unanticipated issues with the available supply and excessive cost of remote identification…
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Church Group Visit
FHRCC hosted a group from Freedom’s Promise Ministries on Saturday, August 26th. We ate and enjoyed fellowship, did some demo flights, and several of our guests tried their hand at RC flying. The event was well-attended, and everyone had a great time. In other news, the porta-john which was destroyed by vandals has been replaced…